Watershed abatement costs for agricultural phosphorus

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Johansson, Robert C ^a   Randall, Jonathan ^b  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b URS Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Abatement cost; Nonpoint source pollution; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; PHOSPHORUS; PUBLIC POLICY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

WATERSHED ABATEMENT;

WATERSHEDS;

ABATEMENT COST; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PHOSPHORUS; WATER POLLUTION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242478795     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001WR001096     Document Type: Article

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